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Release Date:
19 October 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
Just Because They Serve You... Doesn't Mean They Like You. morePlot:
A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(94 articles)
First Look: Kevin Smith’s ‘A Couple of Dicks’ (From Screen Rant. 2 July 2009, 1:12 PM, PDT)
Jason Lee Joins Kevin Smith’s ‘Dicks’
(From Atomic Popcorn. 29 June 2009, 11:21 AM, PDT)
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It's all about the dialogue moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brian O'Halloran | ... | Dante | |
| Jeff Anderson | ... | Randal | |
| Marilyn Ghigliotti | ... | Veronica | |
| Lisa Spoonhauer | ... | Caitlin (as Lisa Spoonauer) | |
| Jason Mewes | ... | Jay | |
| Kevin Smith | ... | Silent Bob | |
| Scott Mosier | ... | Willam the Idiot Manchild / Angry Hockey-Playing Customer / Angry Mourner | |
| Scott Schiaffo | ... | Chewlies Rep | |
| Al Berkowitz | ... | Old Man | |
| Walter Flanagan | ... | Woolen Cap Smoker / Egg Man / Offended Customer / Cat-Admiring Bitter Customer (as Walt Flanagan) | |
| Ed Hapstak | ... | Sanford / Angry Mourner | |
| Lee Bendick | ... | #812 Wynarski | |
| David Klein | ... | Hunting Cap Smoking Boy / Low I.Q. Video Customer / Hubcap Searching Customer / Angry Mourner / Angry Crowd at Door | |
| Pattijean Csik | ... | Coroner | |
| Ken Clark | ... | Administer of Fine / Orderly |
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Clerks (USA) (alternative spelling)Clerks X: Tenth Anniversary Edition (USA) (DVD title)
Inconvenience (USA) (working title)
Rude Clarks (USA) (working title)
cLeRKs (USA) (poster title)
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Rated R on appeal for extensive use of extremely explicit sex-related dialogue.Parents Guide:
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92 min | Turkey:87 min (TV version)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-MA (tv rating) | Australia:MA (2008 re-rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | South Africa:16 | Ireland:18 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Israel:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating after appeal) | UK:15 (2005 re-rating) | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) (video rating) (10th anniversary edition)Fun Stuff
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Although he disliked them, Jeff Anderson (Randal) had to eat eight sticks of beef jerky for the scene when he spits water on the tabloid customer. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The sign next to the door at Quickstop. It goes from saying ODA to SODA and back to ODA. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Dante Hicks: [phone rings and Dante falles out of a closet] Hello. What? No I don't work today, I'm playing hockey at two.
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Kevin Smith has delved into action ("Mallrats"), drama ("Chasing Amy") and philosophy ("Dogma") in his Askewniverse, but Clerks, the first film of the series, is still the best.
Shot on a ridiculously low budget, using mostly friends and relatives as the cast and crew (see the line in the credits where "Boom" is credited as "whoever happened to be holding the pole"), "Clerks" is such a great film just because it doesn't try to be more than it is. You get the sense that this movie is in black and white not to be pretentious, but just because it's a prosaic look at prosaic lives.
Kevin Smith's real gift is writing funny, witty dialogue, and that's what carries this film. From Star Wars debates (did the destruction of the second Death Star in "Jedi" cost innocent contractors their lives?) to perfectly serious debates about sex ("Thirty-seven???"), this is the ultimate movie for anyone who's ever been going nowhere and doing nothing. It's a day in the life of the guy working at the corner store, no more, no less. But it's absolutely brilliant.
People either love or hate Kevin Smith movies. Chances are, if you can appreciate the humour of low-brow jokes about pornography as high art, then you'll enjoy "Clerks". His brand of humour isn't for everyone. This is his first film and it's flawed, to be sure. But in my humble opinion, it's still Smith's best.